Lowrance HOOK-5, HOOK-9 User Manual [nl]

HOOK Series

Operation manual

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Compliance Statements

Lowrance HOOK-4, HOOK-5, HOOK-7 and HOOK-9

• meets the technical standards in accordance with Part 15.103 of the FCC rules

• complies with CE under RTTE directive 1999/5/EC

• complies with the requirements of level 2 devices of the Radiocommunications (Electromagnetic
Compatibility) standard 2008

For more information please refer to our website: www.lowrance.com.

Warning

The user is cautioned that any changes or modications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance
could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the
limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable
protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to
radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that the interference will not occur in a particular installation. If
this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the

equipment o and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that of the receiver

• Consult the dealer or an experienced technician for help

WARNING: When a GPS unit is used in a vehicle, the vehicle operator is solely responsible for operating
the vehicle in a safe manner. Vehicle operators must maintain full surveillance of all pertinent driving or
boating conditions at all times. An accident or collision resulting in damage to property, personal injury or
death could occur if the operator of a GPS-equipped vehicle fails to pay full attention to travel conditions

and vehicle operation while the vehicle is in motion.

NOTE: This manual covers HOOK-4, HOOK-5, HOOK-7 and HOOK-9 units. As a result, screenshots of

menus and dialogs may not match the look of your unit.

Table of contents

Introduction ...................................... 6

Unit controls.............................................6

Inserting microSD cards .......................... 7

Basic operation................................ 8

Setup wizard ............................................ 8

Pages ......................................................8

Selecting pages ....................................... 8

Page menus ............................................8

Working with menus ..............................10

Dialogs...................................................10

Entering text .......................................... 11

Fishing modes ....................................... 11

Cursor .................................................... 12

Goto cursor ............................................ 12

Advanced mode ....................................13

Standby mode .......................................13

Restore defaults ....................................13

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Pages .............................................. 14

Steer page ............................................. 14

Sonar page ............................................ 14

Downscan page .................................... 15

Chart page ............................................. 15

Combo pages ........................................ 16

Overlay data .......................................... 17

Sonar operation ............................. 18

CHIRP ...................................................18

Trackback ..............................................19

Sonar menu ........................................... 19

Sonar options ........................................23

Downscan options ................................. 24

Sonar settings........................................25

Installation .............................................27

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DownScan operation ..................... 28

Trackback .............................................28

DownScan menu ................................... 28

Ping speed.............................................30

Downscan options ................................. 30

Chart operation .............................. 33

Chart menu ............................................ 33

Waypoints, Routes, Trails ......................34

Routes screen .......................................35

Trails screen ..........................................39

Orientation ............................................. 41

Chart settings ........................................42

Navigation settings ................................ 43

AIS................................................... 45

AIS setup ............................................... 45

Target symbols ......................................46

Viewing AIS target information ..............47

Settings .......................................... 48

Settings menu........................................48

System...................................................48

Alarms ..................................................50

Saving screenshots ............................... 50

Specications ................................ 52

Index ............................................... 56

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Table of Contents | HOOK series

Introduction

Unit controls

LIGHT/POWER: controls backlight level

and turns unit on/off

KEYPAD: controls cursor & selects

items on menus

PAGES: allows you to select a page to

view

MENU: opens settings, context and

page menus

ENTER: nalizes menu selections; save

waypoint at cursor position

MOB: press and hold both Zoom keys to

create a Man Overboard waypoint

ZOOM Keys: used to zoom in/zoom out

microSD slot: insert a blank microSD card to save

screen captures; or insert a microSD mapping card to
use mapping data

Introduction | HOOK series

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Turn unit

on/off

Man

Overboard

waypoint

Adjusting

the

backlight

Muting

Audio

Getting started

To turn on/off the unit, press and
hold the LIGHT/POWER key for
three seconds.

Press the ZOOM IN and ZOOM OUT
keys at the same time to set a Man
Overboard waypoint. Your system will
automatically create an active route
back to the MOB waypoint. You must
cancel navigation to terminate the
function.

This unit has
Press the LIGHT/POWER key to
switch backlight levels.

Select Audio from the System
menu and press ENTER. Enable/

disable

10 backlight levels.

Mute.

Inserting microSD cards

Carefully slide the microSD card into the slot until it clicks into place. To remove, carefully push in the
card until it clicks out of place.

HOOK-5, HOOK-7 and HOOK-9

HOOK-4

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Introduction | HOOK series

Basic operation

Setup wizard

The Setup wizard will appear when the unit is
turned on for the rst time. To choose your own
settings, do not run the setup wizard. To restart
the Setup wizard, restore defaults.

Pages

Pages dialog

NOTE: Available pages vary depending
on the unit and the connected transducer.

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Selecting pages

To select a page, press the keypad in the direction
of the desired page and press ENTER.

Page menus

The Steer, Downscan, Sonar and Chart pages have
menus that can only be accessed when those
pages are displayed.

Steer menu

Steer page

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Combo pages

Downscan page

Sonar page

Chart page

Downscan menu

Sonar menu

Chart menu

Two-panel page

Three-panel page

Press the PAGES key twice to switch active
panels. The page menu for active page will be
displayed when the MENU key is pressed. The
active panel is denoted by an orange border.

Accessing the Settings menu

x2

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Accessing menu items

On/Off features

The keypad and ENTER key are used to select
menu items and open submenus. Use the keypad
to highlight the desired item and press ENTER.

Working with menus

There are several menu types used to make
adjustments to options and settings, including
scrollbars, on/o features and dropdown menus.

Scrollbars

Select the scrollbar and press the
keypad left (decrease) or right
(increase).

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Select an on/o menu item and
press ENTER to turn it on/o.

Dropdown menus

Access the dropdown
menu and press the
keypad up/down to select
the desired item and press

ENTER.

NOTE: Press the MENU key to Exit

menus.

Dialogs

Dialogs are used for user input
or for presenting information to
the user. Depending on the type
of entry, dierent methods are
used to conrm, cancel or close
the dialog.

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Entering text

Fishing modes

Some functions, like naming a waypoint, route or
trail, will require you to input text.

To input text:

1. Use the keypad to select the desired
character and press ENTER.

2. Repeat Step 1 for each character.

3. When entry is completed, highlight OK
and press ENTER.

Switches letters
to uppercase/
lowercase

Switches keyboard
between Alpha and
QWERTY layout

(Conventional sonar only)

Fishing modes enhance the performance of your
unit by providing preset packages of sonar set­tings geared to specic shing conditions.

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Fishing mode options

General Use 1000 ft or less Coastal

Shallow
Water

Fresh Water 400 ft or less Inland/Near coastal

Deep Water 1000 ft or more Offshore

Slow
Trolling

Fast
Trolling

Clear Water 400 ft or less Inland/Coastal

Brackish
Water

Ice 400 ft or less Ice shing

60 ft or less

400 ft or less Inland/Coastal

400 ft or less Inland/Coastal

400 ft or less Fresh-Saltwater mix

Shallow weedy

bottoms

NOTE: Use Fresh Water mode when shing
in less than 100 feet of water; otherwise
your unit may not track bottom properly.

Cursor

The keypad moves the cursor around the display,
allowing you to scroll the map, select map items
and review sonar history.

Press MENU and select Return to vessel or Exit
cursor mode to clear the cursor.

Goto cursor

Used to navigate to the cursor.

1. Move the cursor to a desired location
and press MENU.

2. Select Goto cursor and press ENTER.

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Advanced mode

Enables advanced features and settings.

Press the PWR/LIGHT key to access the Backlight
dialog.

The following features are enabled when Ad­vanced mode is turned on:

• Navigation (Enables arrival radius, off­course distance and Bearings setting)

• Alarms (Enables arrival, off course and
anchor alarm options)

• NMEA 0183 Output (Requires optional

Power/NMEA cable 000-0127-49)

• Units (Enables distance, speed, depth,
temperature, and bearings options)

Standby mode

Lowers power consumption by
turning o sonar and the display.

NOTE: Leaving your unit in Standby
mode when your boat is not in use will
run down your battery.

Restore defaults

Resets unit options and settings
to defaults.

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Pages

Direction to cursor

Current Track

Your location

Compass

Navigation
information

Steer page

The Steer page has a compass that shows your
current track, the direction to your destination,
and a digital data navigation panel.

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Surface Clutter

Fish arches

Bottom

Range
Scale

Sonar page

Displays the water column moving from right to
left on your unit’s screen.

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Fish

Surface clutter

Depth
contours

Current location

Cursor

Structure

Range scale

Downscan page

The Downscan page shows the water column
moving from right to left. You can overlay
downscan sonar on the conventional sonar page
by selecting Downscan Overlay on the Sonar
settings menu.

Current cursor location;
distance to cursor

Waypoint

Chart page

Consists of map that moves in real-time as you
move. By default, the map is shown from a birds­eye view with North at the top of the screen.

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Pages | HOOK series

Zoom
Range

Combo pages

This unit has four pre-congured combo pages.

Chart/Sonar Chart/Downscan

Sonar/Downscan Chart/Sonar/Downscan

Customizing combo pages

You can adjust the panel size
of combo pages and control
how the pages will be
arranged on the screen:
vertically (side) or horizontally (over).

To make adjustments to combo page panels,
select a combo page from the Pages carousel and
press MENU.

NOTE: To adjust panel size, access the
customize menu after selecting a combo
page for display and select Panel size.

NOTE: Press the PAGES key twice to
switch active panels.

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Overlay data

Used to select data shown on the Sonar, Structure
and Chart pages.

Overlay data

Show

Enables/disables the display of overlay data,
allowing you to remove overlay data from the
screen without deleting the current overlay data
conguration.

Congure

Allows you to select/customize overlay data.

To add overlay data:

1. From the Sonar, Chart or DownScan
page, press MENU.

2. Select Overlay data and press ENTER.

3. Select Congure and press ENTER.

4. Press MENU and select Add. Press
ENTER.

5. Select a data category and press
ENTER.

6. Select the desired data and press
ENTER.

7. Press MENU and select Return to
Overlays. Press ENTER.

8. Press MENU, select Done Conguring
and press ENTER.

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Sonar operation

This unit supports two types of sonar:
Conventional and Downscan.

The features described in this section are for
conventional sonar. Refer to the Downscan section
for information on Downscan features.

CHIRP

A CHIRP (Compressed High Intensity Radar
Pulse) transducer transmits a modulated pulse
of multiple frequencies within the bandwidth

of the selected transducer type. This results in
better image quality, better target separation and
greater depth penetration.

This unit supports High CHIRP, Medium CHIRP
and Low CHIRP, depending on the transducer.

CHIRP can be used with Lowrance conventional
sonar transducers.

• 50/200 kHz (Low/High CHIRP)

• 83/200 kHz (Medium/High CHIRP)

To use CHIRP, select the desired CHIRP frequency
from the Frequency menu.

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Trackback

You can review your recent sonar history by mov­ing the cursor to the left until the screen starts to
move in reverse.

Blue sonar history bar

Move the sonar history bar all the way to the right
to resume normal sonar scrolling, or press MENU
and select Exit cursor mode.

Sonar menu

Press MENU from any sonar
page to access the Sonar
menu.

Used to record
sonar logs

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Sonar Menu

(Advanced Mode)

Sonar Operation | HOOK series

(Only active with

Downscan overlay

turned on)

New waypoint

Sensitivity

Places a waypoint at your current position or
at the cursor position. From the new waypoint
dialog, you can input a waypoint name, select an
icon and input a desired latitude/longitude.

New waypoint menu

Adjust

Used to make adjustments to Sensitivity
and Colorline.

Sonar Operation | HOOK series

Controls the level of detail shown on the display.
Too much detail will clutter the screen. If Sensitivity
is set too low, desired echoes may not be displayed.

Colorline

Helps distinguish sh or structure from the
bottom by showing hard returns as light colors
and soft returns as darker colors. A lower colorline
setting will display only the hardest returns,
shown in light colors.

Auto sensitivity

Keeps sensitivity at a level that works well under
most conditions, reducing the needs for adjust­ments. Auto Sensitivity is turned on by default.

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Range

NOTE: You can make minor (+/-40%)

changes to sensitivity with Auto Sensitivity
turned on. You will have to turn it o to

make signicant adjustments.

Custom range

menu

Selects the deepest range shown on
the display. Range settings display
the section of the water column from
the water surface to the selected
depth range.

If you select too shallow a depth range, the unit will
not be able to lock onto the bottom.

Custom range — Upper and Lower limits

Used to select the upper limit and lower limit of
a section of the water column. That allows you to
view a section of the water column that does not
include the water surface or the bottom. Upper
and lower limits must be at least 6.5 ft (2 m) apart.

NOTE: When using a custom range, you

may not receive any digital depth read­ings, or you may receive incorrect depth
information.

Frequency

Controls the transducer frequency used by the
unit. This unit supports conventional, CHIRP and
DownScan sonar frequencies.

Only frequencies supported by
your transducer will appear on the
Frequency menu.

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50 kHz

83 kHz

200 kHz

Low CHIRP

Medium CHIRP

High CHIRP

Sonar frequencies

Best depth penetration with
lower resolution

Wider cone angle provides
more bottom coverage and
easy lure tracking

Highest sensitivity and best
target separation in shallow
water

Provides the best depth pen­etration with lower resolu­tion images

Better depth penetration
than High CHIRP with minimal
loss of target separation

Better resolution in shallow
water than Medium CHIRP

Custom high

Custom medium

Ping speed

Controls the rate the transducer uses to send sonar
waves into the water.

Ping speed adjustments can help reduce
interference from other transducers. When using
shing modes, ping speed settings are optimized
for the selected shing conditions, so in most
cases, adjustments are not necessary.

Selects a custom single
frequency from within High
or Low frequency ranges to
help reduce/eliminate inter­ference from other CHIRP
transducers

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Sonar options

Surface clarity

Surface Clarity reduces sur­face clutter by decreasing the
sensitivity of the receiver near
the surface.

Split zoom and Split asher

Switches the sonar display from full screen sonar
to a split screen view.

Surface clutter

Noise rejection

Uses advanced signal processing to monitor the
eects noise (boat pumps, water conditions,
engine ignition systems, etc.) has on your display,
and then lters out undesired signals.

Split zoom Split asher

Color

Allows you to change the look of the display using
palettes with varying degrees of color/brightness.

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Amplitude scope

Displays the amplitude of the
most recent echo.

Amplitude
scope

Fish ID

Displays sh echoes as sh sym­bols instead of sh arches.

NOTE: Fish ID is not the most accurate

method of sh detection since structure
and suspended debris may be shown as
a sh symbol on the display.

Downscan options

You can make adjustments to Downscan overlay
settings from the sonar page. Downscan options
are covered in more detail in the DSI section.

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Downscan options menu

NOTE: The Downscan options menu

will only be available when Downscan
overlay is enabled.

Stop sonar

Prevents the transducer from transmitting to
reduce/eliminate interference between two sonar
units running on the boat at the same time.

NOTE: Sonar history will not be

recorded when sonar is stopped.

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Logging sonar

You can record sonar data and save the le on a
microSD card inserted into the unit’s card reader.

Controls the quality of sonar logs. Higher
quality logs will use more memory.

Sonar settings

View previously
saved sonar logs

Overlay data

Allows you to select data to
be displayed on top of the
Sonar page. Overlay data
setup is covered in the Pages
section.

Overlay data

Conventional settings/Downscan settings

You can adjust settings for both Conventional
sonar and Downscan sonar modes from the Sonar
Settings menu.

Only adjustments made to conventional sonar
settings will be visible on the sonar page.

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Restricts
unit’s digital
depth search
capability

Turns on/off
Downscan
overlay

When the unit is in manual mode, you may not
receive any depth readings, or you may receive
incorrect depth information.

Fishing mode

Sonar settings menu

Manual mode

Restricts digital depth capability, so the unit will
only send sonar signals to the selected depth
range. That allows the display to continue smooth
scrolling if the bottom depth is out of transducer
range.

WARNING: Manual mode should only

be used by advanced sonar users.

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Enhances the performance of your
unit by providing preset packages
of sonar settings geared to specic
shing conditions. For more
information about shing modes,
refer to the Basic Operation section.

Reset shing mode

Resets selected shing mode to default settings.
That is useful when you want to clear settings
adjustments made while using a shing mode.

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Installation

Installation menu

Before setting keel oset, measure the distance
from the transducer to the bottom of the motor

- see illustration. If, for example, the distance is 1
foot, it will be input as (minus) –1 foot.

Water speed calibration

Calibrates a paddlewheel speed sensor with speed
data from a GPS source.

Keel offset

All transducers measure water depth from the
transducer to the bottom. As a result, water depth
readings do not account for the distance from the
transducer to the keel/bottom of motor or from
the transducer to the water surface.

Transducer

A: Keel offset (e.g. -1 foot)

Temperature calibration

Calibrates data from the transducer temperature
sensor with data from a known temperature source
to ensure the accuracy of temperature information.

Reset water distance

Reset Water Distance to zero.

Transducer type

Selects the type of transducer model attached to
your unit.

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DownScan operation

Features described in this section are for Down­Scan sonar. Refer to the Sonar operation section
for information on conventional and CHIRP sonar.

Trackback

You can review your sonar history by pressing the
keypad to the left until the screen starts to move
in reverse and the sonar history bar appears at the
bottom of the screen.

DownScan history bar

Move the sonar history bar all the way to the right
to resume normal sonar scrolling, or press MENU
and select Exit cursor mode.

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DownScan menu

Press MENU from the DownScan page to view the
DownScan menu.

Stops sonar
transmission;
pauses sonar
scroll

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New waypoint

Contrast

Places a waypoint at your current position or at
the cursor position. From the new waypoint menu,
you can input a waypoint name, select an icon
and input a desired latitude/longitude.

New waypoint menu

Adjust

Accesses the Contrast adjustment
scrollbar, allowing you to adjust
contrast settings.

Adjusts the brightness ratio between light and
dark areas on the screen, making it easier to distin­guish suspended objects from the background.

Contrast set

to 40

Contrast set

to 60

Contrast set

to 80

Range

Range settings display the section
of the water column from the water
surface to the selected depth range.

NOTE: Auto range is the preferred

setting for most shing conditions.

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DownScan Operation | HOOK series

Custom range — Upper and Lower limits

Frequency

Used to select the upper limit and lower limit of
a section of the water column. That allows you to
view a section of the water column that does not
include the water surface.

Upper and lower limits must be at least 6.5 ft (2 m)
apart.

NOTE: When using a custom range,

you may not receive any digital depth
readings, or you may receive incorrect

depth information.

DownScan Operation | HOOK series

Controls the transducer frequency
used by the unit. 800 kHz oers the
best resolution, while 455 kHz has
greater depth penetration.

Ping speed

Controls the rate the transducer uses to send sonar
waves into the water. Ping speed adjustments can
help reduce interference from other transducers.

Downscan options

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Noise rejection

Split zoom

Uses advanced signal processing to monitor the
eects noise (boat pumps, water conditions,
engine ignition systems, etc.) has on your display,
and then lters out undesired signals.

Surface clarity

Surface Clarity reduces surface clutter by
decreasing the sensitivity of the receiver near the
surface.

Surface clarity

set to Low.

Surface clarity

set to High.

Changes the display to a split zoom view.

Color

Allows you to select a color
palette best suited to your
shing conditions.

The white background palette works well for
suspended targets. Purple is useful for viewing
structure detail and determining bottom
hardness. Sepia is best for looking at bottom
detail.

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Stop sonar

Overlay data

Prevents the transducer from transmitting to
reduce/eliminate interference between two sonar
units running on the boat at the same time.

NOTE: Sonar history (Trackback) will

not be recorded when sonar is stopped.

Logging sonar

You can record sonar data and save the le on a
microSD card inserted into the unit’s card reader.

Controls the quality of sonar logs. Higher
quality logs will use more memory.

View previously
saved sonar logs

DownScan Operation | HOOK series

Allows you to select data to
be displayed on top of the
DownScan page.

Overlay data setup is covered
in the Pages section.

Overlay data

Settings

Accesses the Settings menu. Refer to “Sonar
settings” on page 25..

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Chart operation

Chart menu

Press MENU from any Chart pages to open the
Chart menu.

Chart menu

New waypoint

Creates a waypoint at your current location or
at the cursor position. When the cursor is on the
screen, waypoints will be saved at the cursor
position; conversely, if the cursor is not displayed
onscreen, waypoints will be saved at your current
position.

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Chart Operation | HOOK series

Waypoints, Routes, Trails

Used to create, edit, navigate and delete way­points, routes and trails.

Press the keypad left/right to toggle between
waypoint, routes and trails tabs.

Waypoints Screen

Chart Operation | HOOK series

Waypoints

menu

Waypoints

menu

Edit

Allows you to edit the name,
icon and latitude/longitude.
of a selected waypoint.

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New

Creates a new waypoint
at the cursor or vessel
position. You can also
select waypoint name, icon
and latitude/longitude
from the new waypoint menu.

Show

Displays the selected waypoint
on the map.

Goto

Allows you to navigate to a waypoint.

Delete and Delete All

Delete is used to delete a
selected waypoint. Delete
All deletes all waypoints.

Sort

Controls how the waypoints list will be
sorted — by name or by nearest.

Routes screen

Used to create, edit, navigate and delete routes.
Use the keypad to highlight the Routes tab to ac­cess the Routes screen.

Routes screen

Creating a route

Routes can be created by inserting waypoints from
the waypoints list or by using the cursor to posi­tion new points on the chart. You also can add way­points to a route by selecting them from the chart
screen.

Routes

menu

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Chart Operation | HOOK series

Inserts waypoint between
existing route waypoints

Adds waypoint to
end of the route

Route waypoint

menu

Starts navigation

to the selected
route waypoint

To create a route from waypoint list:

1. Press MENU from the Routes screen.

2. Select New... and press ENTER.

3. Press the keypad down to select the
Leg Name eld and press ENTER.

4. Press MENU, select Add to End and
press ENTER.

Leg Name eld

5. Highlight Waypoint from list and press
ENTER.

6. Select the desired waypoint and press
ENTER twice.

7. Repeat point 6 to add more waypoints.

8. When the route is complete, press

MENU, select Stop Adding and press
ENTER.

9. Press MENU, select Stop Editing and

press ENTER.

10. Select Save and press ENTER.

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Creating a route using points from chart:

1. Repeat Steps 1-4 from the instructions
for Creating a route from waypoint list.

1. Select the desired route on the Route
screen and press MENU.

2. Select Start and press ENTER.

2. Select Point using chart and press
ENTER. The chart page will appear.

3. Move the cursor to the desired location.
Press ENTER to set a waypoint.

4. Repeat Step 3 to add more route
waypoints.

5. Press MENU and select Stop Adding.
Press ENTER.

6. Press MENU, select Stop Editing and

press ENTER.

7. Highlight the Save button and press
ENTER.

Navigating a route

Routes can be navigated in forward
or reverse.

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3. Select Forward or Reverse and press
ENTER.

Routes menu

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To cancel navigation:

1. Press MENU from the chart screen.

2. Select Navigation and press ENTER.

3. Highlight Cancel and press ENTER.

4. Select Ye s and press ENTER.

Edit and New Route menus

Used to edit/create routes, route names and to turn
on/o the route display.

Turns on/off route
display on map

To edit/create a route, use
the keypad to select the

Route Leg Name eld and

press ENTER.

To access the Edit or New Route menu, select Edit
or New on the Routes menu and press ENTER.

To nalize changes on the Edit or New Route
menus, press MENU, highlight Stop editing and
press ENTER. Select Done and press ENTER.

Displayed

Used to show/hide a route on the display, which
prevents the screen from being cluttered by too
many routes

Delete and Delete All

Delete is used to delete
individual routes. Delete
All, removes all routes.

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Trails screen

Used to create, edit, navigate and delete trails. Use
the keypad to highlight the Trails tab to access the
Trails screen.

Trails screen

Trails menu

Creating trails

When creating a trail you can customize the trail
name and color from the New Trail.

To create a trail:

1. Select New and press ENTER. The
New Trail dialog will appear.

2. Select Save and press ENTER.

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Trails menu

Chart Operation | HOOK series

Edit and New Trail menus

Allows you to edit/create trails, select trails names,
trail color, trail display and the trail being recorded.
You can also convert a trail into a route from the
Edit Trail menu.

Navigating a trail

A trail must be saved as a route before it can be
navigated.

To save a trail as a route:

1. Highlight the desired trail on the Trails
screen and press ENTER. The Edit
Trail menu will appear.

2. Highlight Create Route and press
ENTER. The Edit Route menu will
appear.

Turns on/
off trail
display
on map

Chart Operation | HOOK series

Edit Trails menu

Turns on/
off trail
recording

3. Highlight Done and press ENTER.

4. For navigation instructions refer to the
Navigating a route segment.

Displayed and Record

Displayed allows you to show/hide trails on the
map display, preventing the screen from being
cluttered with trails.

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The Record command allows you to record, stop
recording or resume recording a desired trail.

Delete and Delete All

Delete is used to remove
individual trails. Delete
All removes all trails.

Orientation

Allows you to select North Up or Course Over
Ground (COG) as the map orientation.

Overlay data

Allows you to select data (course over ground, etc)
to be displayed on top of the Chart page.

Overlay data

Overlay data setup is covered in the Pages section.

Settings

Accesses the Chart settings menu.

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Chart Operation | HOOK series

Chart settings

Controls map data used on the chart screen as well
as display settings like grid lines, waypoints, routes
and trails.

Chart Settings menu

Chart data

Selects map data that will be used on the Chart
display (Lowrance or Navionics regional map). Go
to Navionics.com to see a full selection of available
charts.

COG extension

A line extending from the front
of the current position icon that
estimates the time and distance to
areas in front of you.

Grid lines

Displays base values for
latitude and longitude, making
it easier to get a general
idea of your location on the
latitude/longitude scale.

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Waypoints, Routes and Trail displays

From the Chart Settings menu, you can turn on/
o waypoint, route and trail display properties.
Turning o display properties allows you to get
a better view of the map, if the screen becomes
cluttered with waypoints, routes and/or trails.

Waypoints, Routes, Trails

Accesses the Waypoints, Routes & Trails screen.
Waypoints, Routes and Trails are covered in the
Chart section.

Navigation settings

(Advanced mode only)

Controls Arrival Radius and O Course distance
settings and is used to turn on/o WAAS/MSAS/
EGNOS.

Navigation Settings menu

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Chart Operation | HOOK series

Arrival radius

Magnetic variation

Sets the arrival radius threshold for the Arrival
alarm. The arrival alarm will sound when your
vessel comes within a selected distance (arrival
radius) of the destination waypoint.

Off Course Distance

Sets O Course Distance threshold for the O
Course alarm. When the selected o course dis­tance is exceeded, the O Course alarm will sound
when the alarm is enabled.

Bearings

Controls whether bearing will be calculated using
True North or Magnetic North. Magnetic North
should be used when navigating with a compass
course or heading; otherwise use the default set­ting, True North.

Chart Operation | HOOK series

Controls whether magnetic variation will be calcu­lated using Automatic or Manual settings. Magnet­ic variation is the angle between magnetic north
and true north. The automatic setting reconciles
the variation for you.

WARNING: You should only use the
Manual magnetic variation setting if
you have variation information from a
veried source.

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AIS

The marine Automatic Identication System (AIS) is
a location and vessel information reporting system.
It allows vessels equipped with AIS to automatically
receive position, speed, course and vessel identity
information from other AIS-equipped vessels.

If an AIS device is connected, all targets detected
by the device can be displayed.

AIS setup

Before using AIS, your unit must be set to the
same Baud rate as your AIS device.

NOTE: Your unit must be set to Advanced
mode to access NMEA 0183 settings
(Requires optional Power/NMEA cable
000-0127-49)

To select a Baud rate:

1. Access the settings menu.

2. Select NMEA 0183 and press ENTER.

3. Access the Baud rate dropdown menu
on the NMEA 0183 settings dialog.

4. Select the same Baud rate used by
your AIS device.

5. Select Save and press ENTER.

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AIS | HOOK series

Target symbols

The unit uses the AIS target symbols shown below:

Symbol Description

Stationary AIS target

Moving AIS target with (COG) course
extension line

The extension line always represents the
target’s course over ground and is set to 10
minutes by default.

When no signals have
been received within a
time limit, a target will be
defined as lost.

Lost AIS target

The target symbol
represents the last valid
position of the target
before the reception of
data was lost.

NOTE: If you receive heading data from
an AIS vessel, the orientation of the vessel
icon represents its heading. If heading
data is not received, the orientation of
the vessel icon represents its course over
ground (COG).

Filtering the targets

All targets, by default, are shown on the display if
an AIS device is connected to your unit.

You can hide all targets, or lter the target icons
based on distance and vessel speed.

AIS | HOOK series

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Viewing AIS target information

When you place the cursor on an AIS icon, the
MMSI number or vessel name (if available) will be
displayed.

You can view detailed
information about a target
by selecting the target and
pressing ENTER. The AIS
Vessel detail dialog will appear.

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AIS | HOOK series

Settings

Settings menu

Accesses installation and conguration settings
for your unit.

System

Adjusts unit settings like language, mute audio
and advanced mode.

Refer to
“Advanced
mode” on
page 13.

System menu

(Advanced mode only)

Settings | HOOK series

Settings

menu

(Advanced mode

only)

Displays software
information

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Set language

Selects the language used on
menus and dialogs.

Audio

Trip calculator

Tracks trip time, speed
and distance when you
are moving faster than the
selected threshold.

Adjusts volume and turns on/o unit audio, like
key beeps, alarm sounds, etc.

Time

Used to set local time, and
time and date formats for your
unit.

GPS

Monitors the location of
satellites in view and the
quality of the unit’s satellite
lock-on.

Advanced mode

Enables features and settings only available with
unit in Advanced Mode.

Restore defaults

Switches the unit back to default settings.

Browse les

Allows you to view a list of the les saved to the
microSD card.

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Settings | HOOK series

Saving screenshots

You can save screenshots to a microSD card by
inserting a microSD card into the card slot and
pressing Power and then Zoom (+).

You must view les on a computer or other microSD
compatible device.

NOTE: You cannot save screenshots

to internal memory, Navionics cards, or
other mapping cards.

Alarms

Enables alarms and selects alarm thresholds.
Arrival, O Course and Anchor alarms are only
available in Advanced mode.

About

Displays software information about this unit.
Before attempting a software update, you can
check the version of software your unit is using by
accessing the About screen.

Lowrance periodically updates unit software to
add features and improve functionality.
To see the latest available software version go to
www.lowrance.com.

Settings | HOOK series

Alarms

menu

Sounds alarm when
Fish ID symbol
appears on display

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Alarms

sounds alarm when you are within a

Arrival

Off
Course

Anchor

Shallow

Fish

selected distance of your destination

(Advanced Mode only)

sounds alarm when course exceeds a
selected off-course threshold (Advanced

Mode only)

sounds alarm when vessel moves a
selected distance (Advanced Mode only)

sounds alarm when vessel enters water
shallower than the selected shallow
threshold

sounds alarm when a sh symbol (Fish ID)

appears on the sonar screen

Units

Allows you to select the unit of measure used by
the unit. Unit options vary depending on whether
the unit is in basic or advanced mode.

Advanced ModeBasic Mode

NMEA 0183 Output

(Requires optional Power/NMEA cable 000-0127-49)

You can select the NMEA 0183 sentences the unit
will use when connected to a VHF radio or other
NMEA 0183 device.

You can also adjust the Baud rate, but the default
setting works best under most conditions.

Simulator

Simulates GPS and/or sonar activity. Simulations
can be customized on the Simulator options menu.

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Settings | HOOK series

HOOK -4

General

Case size

Display (4.3” diagonal) 16-bit color TFT LCD

Waterproof
standard

Backlight LED (11 levels)

Communications

Regulatory mark

Transmit power 500 W RMS

Power
requirement

Voltage input 10 to 17 V

Current drain

Fuse type 3-amp Automotive

6.6” H (168 mm) x 3.8” W (96 mm);

7.5” H (189 mm) with bracket

IPX7

NMEA 0183 Input/Output (optional
Power/NMEA cable 000-0127-49)

0980

Power

12 V

Typical: 1.1 A

Sonar

300 ft (91 m) 455/800 kHz

Max depth

Max speed

Available trans­ducer frequencies

Transducer cable 20 ft (6 m)

Mapping card slot microSD and microSDHC

GPS Antenna 16 parallel channel (internal)

Mapping
compatibility

Waypoints, Routes
& Trails

1000 ft (305 m) 83/200 kHz
2500 ft (762 m) 50/200 kHz

70 mph

HDI 50/200 kHz (Low/High CHIRP)
HDI 83/200 kHz (Medium/High CHIRP
83/200 kHz (Medium/High CHIRP)

GPS

Lake Insight® and Nautic Insight® PRO,
Navionics® +, C-MAP MAX-N, Fishing
Hot Spots® PRO, & Insight Genesis.
For the latest mapping compatibility
information visit www.lowrance.com

Up to 3000 waypoints, 100 routes/100
waypoints per route, 100 retraceable
plot trails/up to 10,000 points per trail

Specications | HOOK series

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HOOK -5

General

Case size

Display

Waterproof
standard

Backlight LED (11 levels)

Communications

Regulatory mark

Transmit power 500 W RMS

Power
requirement

Voltage input 10 to 17 V

Current drain

Fuse type 3-amp Automotive

5.4” H (136 mm) x 6.9” W (174 mm);

5.9” H (151 mm) with bracket

(5” diagonal) 16-bit color Full color
VGA Solar MAX™ Plus TFT

IPX7

NMEA 0183 Input/Output (optional
Power/NMEA cable 000-0127-49)

0980

Power

12 V

Typical: 1.1 A

Sonar

300 ft (91 m) 455/800 kHz

Max depth

Max speed

Available trans­ducer frequencies

Transducer cable 20 ft (6 m)

Mapping card slot microSD and microSDHC

GPS Antenna 16 parallel channel (internal)

Mapping
compatibility

Waypoints, Routes
& Trails

1000 ft (305 m) 83/200 kHz
2500 ft (762 m) 50/200 kHz

70 mph

HDI 50/200 kHz (Low/High CHIRP)
HDI 83/200 kHz (Medium/High CHIRP
83/200 kHz (Medium/High CHIRP)

GPS

Lake Insight® and Nautic Insight® PRO,
Navionics® +, C-MAP MAX-N, Fishing
Hot Spots® PRO, & Insight Genesis.
For the latest mapping compatibility
information visit www.lowrance.com

Up to 3000 waypoints, 100 routes/100
waypoints per route, 100 retraceable
plot trails/up to 10,000 points per trail

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Specications | HOOK series

HOOK-7

General

Case size

Display

Waterproof
standard

Backlight LED (11 levels)

Communications

Regulatory mark

Transmit power 500 W RMS

Power
requirement

Voltage input 10 to 17 V

Current drain

Fuse type 3-amp Automotive

5.3” H (234mm) x 9.2” W (136mm); 5.9”
H (151mm) with bracket

(7” diagonal) 16-bit color Full VGA
Solar MAX™ 800x480 color TFT

IPX7

NMEA 0183 Input/Output (optional
Power/NMEA cable 000-0127-49)

0191

Power

12 V

Typical: 1.1 A

Sonar

300 ft (91 m) 455/800 kHz

Max depth

Max speed

Available trans­ducer frequencies

Transducer cable 20 ft (6 m)

Mapping card slot microSD and microSDHC

GPS Antenna 16 parallel channel (internal)

Mapping
compatibility

Waypoints, Routes
& Trails

1000 ft (305 m) 83/200 kHz
2500 ft (762 m) 50/200 kHz

70 mph

HDI 50/200 kHz (Low/High CHIRP)
HDI 83/200 kHz (Medium/High CHIRP
83/200 kHz (Medium/High CHIRP)

GPS

Lake Insight® and Nautic Insight® PRO,
Navionics® +, C-MAP MAX-N, Fishing
Hot Spots® PRO, & Insight Genesis.
For the latest mapping compatibility
information visit www.lowrance.com

Up to 3000 waypoints, 100 routes/100
waypoints per route, 100 retraceable
plot trails/up to 10,000 points per trail

Specications | HOOK series

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HOOK-9

General

Case size

Display

Waterproof
standard

Backlight LED (11 levels)

Communications

Regulatory mark

Transmit power 500 W RMS

Power
requirement

Voltage input 10 to 17 V

Current drain

Fuse type 3-amp Automotive

6.16” H (157 mm) x 11.06” W (281 mm);

6.2” H (156.5 mm) with bracket

(9” diagonal) 16-bit color Full color
VGA Solar MAX™ Plus TFT

IPX7

NMEA 0183 Input/Output (optional
Power/NMEA cable 000-0127-49)

0980

Power

12 V

Typical: 1.1 A

Sonar

300 ft (91 m) 455/800 kHz

Max depth

Max speed

Available trans­ducer frequencies

Transducer cable 20 ft (6 m)

Mapping card slot microSD and microSDHC

GPS Antenna 16 parallel channel (internal)

Mapping
compatibility

Waypoints,
Routes & Trails

1000 ft (305 m) 83/200 kHz
3000 ft (914 m) 50/200 kHz

70mph

HDI 50/200 kHz (Low/High CHIRP)
HDI 83/200 kHz (Medium/High CHIRP
83/200 kHz (Medium/High CHIRP)

GPS

Lake Insight® and Nautic Insight® PRO,
Navionics® +, C-MAP MAX-N, Fishing
Hot Spots® PRO, & Insight Genesis.
For the latest mapping compatibility
information visit www.lowrance.com

Up to 3000 waypoints, 100 routes/100
waypoints per route, 100 retraceable
plot trails/up to 10,000 points per trail

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Specications | HOOK series

Index

A

About 50
Adjust menu 20
Advanced Mode 13
AIS 45

Filtering targets 46
Target symbols 46
Vessel detail dialog 47

Alarms 50
Amplitude Scope 24
Anchor alarm 51
Arrival alarm 51
Arrival Radius 44
Auto Sensitivity 20

B

Bearings 44
Browse Files 49

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C

Cancel navigation 38
Chart 42
Chart Data 42
Chart menu 42
Chart Page 15
CHIRP 18
COG Extension 42
Color 23, 31
Colorline 20
Contrast 29
Creating a route 35
Creating trails 39
Cursor 12
Custom Range 21, 30

D

Data Port 49
Depth Range 29

Dialogs 10
Dropdown menus 10
DSI menu 28

E

Editing waypoints 34

F

Fish alarm 51
Fish ID 24
Fishing Mode 11
Fishing Modes

Reset 26

Frequency 21, 30

G

Goto cursor 12
Goto waypoint 35

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GPS Source 49
GPS Status 49
Grid Lines 42

H

High CHIRP 22

I

Ice Mode 24
Installation menu 27

K

Keel Oset 27

L

Language 49
Low CHIRP 22

M

O

S

T

Magnetic Variation 44
Man
Overboard
waypoint 6
Man Overboard way-

point 6
Manual Mode 26
Medium CHIRP 22
microSD cards 7
Mute Audio 49

N

Navigating a route 37
Navigating a trail 40
Navigation 43
Navigation menu 43
New Waypoint 33
NMEA 0183 51
Noise Rejection 23, 31

O Course alarm 51
O Course Distance 44
On/O features 10
Orientation 41
Overlay Data 17, 32,

41

Congure 17
Show 17

P

Page menus 8
Page selection 8
Ping Speed 22

R

Range 29
Reset Fishing Mode 26
Reset water distance

27
Route display 43
Routes Screen 35

Saving Screenshots 50
Scrollbars 10
Sensitivity 20
Setup wizard 8
Shallow alarm 51
Software Updates 50
Sonar Installation 27
Sonar Menu 18
Sonar Options menu

23
Sonar Page 14
Sonar settings 25
Sort waypoints 35
Split Flasher 23
Split Zoom 23
Standby mode 13
Steer Page 14
Stop Sonar 24, 32
Surface Clarity , 23
System settings 48

57

Temperature calibra-

tion 27
Text entry 11
Time 49
Trackback 28
Trail display 43
Trails Screen 39
Turn unit on/o 6

U

Unit Controls 6
Units 51
Upper and Lower Limits

21, 30

W

Waypoint display 43
Waypoints, Routes,

Trails 34
Working with menus

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